Hot line tie stick



Oct. 11, 1949. I HS'HER 7 2,484,278

' HOT LINE TIE STICK Filed Nov. 14, 1946 Patented Oct. 11, 1949 UNITEDSTATES ATENT OFFICE HOT LINE TIE STICK Louis S. Fisher, Miami, Fla.

Application November 14, 1946, Serial No. 709,815

6 Claims.

This invention is a novel improvement in hotline tie sticks, adapted foruse in tying and un tying hot-line conductors to insulators, the tiestick being used to twist the ends of the tie wires which are loopedaround the insulator to the hot-line conductor at opposite sides of theinsulator, the ends of the tie wire being spirally wrapped around thehot-line conductor and the ends of the tie wire having eyes engaged bythe tie stick.

I will explain the invention with reference to the accompanying drawing,which illustrates one practical embodiment thereof to enable othersfamiliar with the art to adopt and use the same; and will summarize inthe claims the novel features of construction, and novel combinations ofparts, for which protection is desired.

In said drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevation showing a hot-line, the insulator, and the tiewire positioned upon the insulator with its end portions underlying thehot-line conductor at opposite sides of the insulator and its endsextending upwardly in position so that the eyes may be engaged by thetie stick, to complete the spiral wrapping.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my novel tie stick.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation thereof.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view thereof.

As shown in Fig. 1, the insulator A is mounted upon a support B whichmay be a pole or the like, and the hot-line conductor C is showingpassing beside an undercut annular recess A at the top of the insulatorA, the line C being shown as passing tangentially of the recessedportion A of insulator A. The tie wire D, as shown, has its centralportion engaging the back portion of the undercut recess A of insulatorA, while its ends are passed under the hot-line C at opposite sides ofthe insulator A and are then positioned upstanding as at D and providedwith eyes D2 at the upper ends, the eyes D2 being conveniently formed bytwisting the outer end of the wire around the body thereof below theeyes D2, as shown.

Because of the high voltage in the hot-line C, the tie wire D cannot bedirectly handled manually by the linesman, It is necessary to twist theends D of tie wire D around the hot-line C at opposite sides of theinsulator A to secure the hotline C, the tie wire D serving as a clampto maintain the line C in engagement with the undercut portion A of theinsulator A in the usual manner. In order to so twist the ends of thetie wire D around the hot wire 0, I provide a novel tie stick shown inFigs. 2, 3 and 4, the same consisting of a 2 handle I, indicated indotted lines in Fig. 2, of non-conductive material such as wood or thelike, the handle I carrying a head 2 preferably of aluminum or otherlight-weight durable material, said head being provided with a base 20.having a socket 2b therein receiving a reduced end of the handle I, saidbase having a hole 2c extending therethrough, a pin 3 transfixing thesocket 222 and reduced end of the handle I to secure the head to thehandle I.

Above the base 2, the head has a gooseneck portion 201, same beingcurved through a substantial arc terminating in a cross bar 2e (Fig. 4)at the upper end of the gooseneck 2d, disposed norma to the axis of thehandle, cross bar 26 having front and rear hooks 2f at both ends formedby lugs with beveled inner faces, as shown in Fig. 4, said hooks 2 ibeing adapted to be selectively engaged with an eye D2 of the tie wireD. At the base of the gooseneck 2d is a downwardly extending prong 2g(Fig. 2) whereby the tie stick may be readily suspended on any handyobject such as a neutral wire or any other object to hold the tie stickout of the linesmans way While he is performing other duties.

In operation When the tie wire D shown in Fig. 1 is to have its endswrapped around the hot-line conductor C which cannot be directlymanually handled by reason of the high Voltage therein, the linesman maypass either of the hooks 2 through an eye D2 of the tie wire andpressure applied either for a forward twist of the wire, or foruntwisting the said tie wire, whichever is desired, making completeturns of the tie stick, to secure the hot-line C to the insulator A orto remove it therefrom. Thus, a complete turn of the tie stick can bemade without losing hold of the tie Wire D. The hooks 2] may be readilyengaged with or disengaged from the eyes D2 by a twist of the tie stickto one side, depending upon which hook is to be used. The gooseneckportion 2d is mainly used when the end of the tie wire D is becominghort, said portion 2d making it possible for the tie stick to make acomplete turn.

I do not limit my invention to the exact form shown in the drawing, forobviously changes may be made therein within the scope of the claims.

I claim:

1. A hot-line tie stick, comprising a handle, a head thereon having agooseneck portion curved through a substantial arc and terminating in across bar at the outer end of the head disposed substantially on theaxis of and normal to the axis of the handle, and hooks on the outerface of the cross bar disposed at both ends of the cross bar.

2. In a tie stick as set forth in claim 1, said hooks comprisingoutwardly extending lugs having beveled inner faces.

3. A hot-line tie stick, comprising a handle, a head thereon having agooseneck portion curved through a substantial arc and terminating in across bar at its outer enddisposed substantially on the axis of andnormal to the axis of the handle, said bar extending beyond both sidesof the gooseneck portion; and symmetrically disposed hooks extendingfrom the front andrear;

faces of the cross bar and at both ends of the cross bar.

4. In a tie stick as set forth in claim 3, said hooks comprisingoutwardly extending lugs having beveled inner faces.

5. A hot-line tie stick, comprising a handle, a

head on said handle having a socket inone endreceiving the handle; meansfor securingthe 20 Number REFERENCES CITED The following references areof record in the file oftthispatentz;

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date 1,180,507 Kortick- Apr. 25', 1916Bodendieck et' a1. June 4,1925%

